Mantra 33

Sukta 7

Sanskrit (Devanagari)

यस्य सूर्यश्चक्षुश्चन्द्रमाश्च पुनर्णवः । अग्निं यश्चक्र आस्यं तस्मै ज्येष्ठाय ब्रह्मणे नमः

IAST Transliteration

yásya sū́ryaś cákṣuś candrámāś ca púnarnavaḥ | agníṃ yáś cakra āsyàṃ tásmai jyéṣṭhāya bráhmaṇe námaḥ ||

English Translation (Griffith/Whitney)

Whose eye is the Sun, and the Moon renewed again; who made Fire for the mouth—unto that Eldest Brahman be reverence.

Translation

الذي عينُه سُوريا (الشمس)، وقَمَره تشاندرا (القمر) يتجدّد من جديد؛ والذي جعل أَغني (النار) فمًا—لذلك البراهمن الأقدم، له السجود والتبجيل.

Word by Word

• यस्य: of whom; whose
• यस्य: सम्बन्ध (Genitive relation)
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• सूर्यः: the Sun
• सूर्यः: Kartā (of implied ‘is/exists’ in relative clause)
• Type: Noun
• Root: सूर्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्षुः: eye
• चक्षुः: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (apposition: ‘(as) eye’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चक्षुस् (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• चन्द्रमाः: the Moon
• चन्द्रमाः: Kartā (in relative clause; coordinated)
• Type: Noun
• Root: चन्द्रमस्/चन्द्रमा (प्रातिपदिक)

• च: and
• च: —
• Type: Indeclinable
• Root: च

• पुनर्नवः: ever-new; renewed again
• पुनर्नवः: Kartā/Predicate-nominative (epithet in relative clause)
• Type: Adjective (used substantively)
• Root: पुनर्नव (प्रातिपदिक; ‘ever-new/renewed’)

• अग्निम्: Agni; fire
• अग्निम्: Karma
• Type: Noun
• Root: अग्नि (प्रातिपदिक)

• यः: who
• यः: Kartā
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: यद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• चक्र: made; fashioned
• चक्र: — (finite verb)
• Type: Verb
• Root: कृ (धातु) → परोक्ष/लिट्-रूपम् ‘चकार/चक्र’

• आस्यम्: mouth; face
• आस्यम्: Karma (object of ‘made’)
• Type: Noun
• Root: आस्य (प्रातिपदिक)

• तस्मै: to him
• तस्मै: Sampradāna
• Type: Pronoun
• Root: तद् (सर्वनाम-प्रातिपदिक)

• ज्येष्ठाय: to the eldest; to the most excellent
• ज्येष्ठाय: Sampradāna (qualifying the recipient)
• Type: Adjective
• Root: ज्येष्ठ (प्रातिपदिक)

• ब्रह्मणे: to Brahman; to the sacred power/priesthood
• ब्रह्मणे: Sampradāna
• Type: Noun
• Root: ब्रह्मन् (प्रातिपदिक)

• नमः: salutation; homage
• नमः: — (exclamatory/benedictive)
• Type: Noun (used as salutation)
• Root: नमस् (प्रातिपदिक; indeclinable-like in usage)

Attribution

Rishi: Skambha-hymn tradition (Atharvanic speculative corpus).

Devata: Skambha / Brahman; with functional identifications of Sūrya, Candramas, and Agni as organs.

Chandas: Mixed; refrain-based Atharvanic triṣṭubh/jagatī tendency (school-dependent).

Mantra Rasa

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